Adaptive tests for parameter changes in ergodic diffusion processes from discrete observations

Abstract: We consider the adaptive test for the parameter change in discretely observed ergodic diffusion processes based on the cusum test. Using two test statistics based on the two quasi-log likelihood functions of the diffusion parameter and the drift parameter, we perform the change point tests for both diffusion and drift parameters of the diffusion process. It is shown that the test statistics have the limiting distribution of the sup of the norm of a Brownian bridge. Simulation results are illustrated for the 1-dimensional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process.